Get to Know Dave Hosley - Love for Sale

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After more than four decades as one of the Bay Area's most popular lounge entertainers, Dave Hosley decided it was time to release his first album. Hosley, or "Diamond Dave" as his fans know him, has been packing Bay Area nightclubs with his live shows since the mid-1980s, delighting fans with set lists that segue from Frank Sinatra to Flo Rida and anything that can get a dance floor up and thumping. "One of the things that my audience likes about my shows is the sense of spontaneity on any given night, " says Hosley. "I might jump from 'Strangers in the Night' to 'You Give Love a Bad Name' to 'Baby Got Back' in one medley."

For his first LP, however, Hosley set his sights on a top ten list of impeccably crafted tunes. Love For Sale, named for the 1930 Cole Porter number that is the album's second track, highlights tunes from such legendary songsmiths as Burt Bacharach, Carole King, Billy Strahorn, and Irving Berlin. "Songwriting is such a unique skill, separate from being a virtuoso performer or an entertainer, " says Hosley. "I'm in awe of these great songwriters, and of these songs have kept me inspired and employed throughout my career. These songs have been such a big part of my life, and I am so thankful to be able to do them justice." "Hopefully do them justice, " Hosley adds with a laugh. "The audience will be the judge of that when the record comes out."

In addition to numbers from the Great American Songbook and the singer-songwriter era of the 1960s and '70s, Hosley has included two more recent songs in the mix—but insists these are not novelty selections. "Cee Lo Green's 'Crazy' is a newer song, but it is a great song, and so is Sam Smith's 'Stay With Me, '" says Hosley. "I have no doubt that we will be thinking of these songs in 50 years, the way we think about Irving Berlin's 'Blue Skies' or Billy Strayhorn's 'Lush Life' today."

Working with an eight-piece band of impeccable studio musicians, Hosley laid down the tracks for Love for Sale at Berkeley's famed Fantasy Studios, the recording venue for countless classic jazz albums, as well as Creedence Clearwater Revival's 1960s smashes. "To walk through those halls and see the albums that were recorded there was quite astonishing, " says Hosley. "For example, Tony Bennett and Bill Evans did two albums together at Fantasy Studios. I think the piano we used was the same one Bill Evans played on those records. He's one of my favorite piano players of all time. So, it was exciting—if not a little intimidating—to record there."

Hosley says the Fantasy Studios vibe was a crucial component on the elegant recordings of Love For Sale. "For this record we had to have a pure sound. We recorded acoustic instruments—acoustic piano, organ, trumpets, and other parts, " says Hosley. "Fans of this kind of music have a sense for the music's authenticity, and that studio and its engineers were able to really help us paint a musical picture in rich detail."

Hosley says recording Love For Sale has been an incredibly fulfilling experience as a musical artist. "I've enjoyed a long career as a performing artist, and I love doing live shows, " says Hosley.

"Recording these songs was a new process for me, and many of the songs are not numbers I typically play in my shows. I always love being able to do something new with music; I'm very excited by the idea of releasing an album for my fans, and entering another phase in my musical career as a recording artist.
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Hosley says recording Love For Sale has been an incredibly fulfilling experience as a musical artist. "I've enjoyed a long career as a performing artist, and I love doing live shows, " says Hosley. "Recording these songs was a new process for me, and many of the songs are not numbers I typically play in my shows. I always love being able to do something new with music; I'm very excited by the idea of releasing an album for my fans, and entering another phase in my musical career as a recording artist."
Track (Time)
1. I Feel the Earth Move (3:10)
2. Love For Sale (3:41)
3. I Say A Little Prayer (3:53)
4. Crazy She Calls Me (3:47)
5. Blue Skies (3:29)
6. Some Enchanted Evening (4:03)
7. Crazy (4:43)
8. Lush Life (5:30)
9. Something's Gotta Give (4:29)
10. Stay With Me (3:45)

Player and instrument:
Dave Hosley – vocals
Greg Sankovich - piano, organ and fender rhodes
Paul Eastburn - bass
Alan Hall - drums
Michaelle Goerlitz - percussion
Lincoln Adler - alto, tenor and bari saxo-phones
Dillon Vado - vibraphone
Mat-thew Hewlitt - guitar
Mike Olmos - trumpet
Allison Gomer – trombone

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